λέσχη
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Most plausibly from *λέχ-σκᾱ[1] with metathesis of ⟨σ⟩.
For stem λεχ- see λέχομαι (lékhomai, “lie down”) / λέχω (lékhō) & λέχος n (lékhos, “bed”). Cognates: with stem λοχ- λόχος (lókhos), with λεκτ-: λέκτρον n (léktron, “bed, couch”), Latin lectus.
However there is no proof for the connection to λέχος (lékhos, “bed”) or λέχομαι (lékhomai, “to recline”). Long ago, the agreement with Hebrew לִשְׁכָּה (lišḵá) was observed. The Hebrew is surely a foreign word considering the variation with נִשְׁכָּה (nišḵá) and the lack of Semitic cognates, but it is obscure if the Hebrew word is from Greek or the word in both languages is carried over from an unknown language via viniculture in an original meaning of pub, triclinium, making the provenience as obscure as that of Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“wine”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lés.kʰɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈles.kʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈles.çi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈles.çi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈles.çi/
Noun
[edit]λέσχη • (léskhē) f (genitive λέσχης); first declension
- couch, hence funeral bier, tomb
- lounging place, resort of idlers and beggars
- public building or hall used as a lounge or meeting place
- talk or gossip
- and see: λεσχηνεύω (leskhēneúō)
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λέσχη hē léskhē |
τὼ λέσχᾱ tṑ léskhā |
αἱ λέσχαι hai léskhai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λέσχης tês léskhēs |
τοῖν λέσχαιν toîn léskhain |
τῶν λεσχῶν tôn leskhôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λέσχῃ têi léskhēi |
τοῖν λέσχαιν toîn léskhain |
ταῖς λέσχαις taîs léskhais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λέσχην tḕn léskhēn |
τὼ λέσχᾱ tṑ léskhā |
τᾱ̀ς λέσχᾱς tā̀s léskhās | ||||||||||
Vocative | λέσχη léskhē |
λέσχᾱ léskhā |
λέσχαι léskhai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἀδολεσχης (adoleskhēs)
- ἔλλεσχος (élleskhos)
- λεσχάζω (leskházō)
- λεσχαίνω (leskhaínō)
- λεσχαῖος (leskhaîos)
- λεσχάραι (leskhárai)
- λέσχημα (léskhēma)
- λεσχημονεύομαι (leskhēmoneúomai)
- λεσχήν (leskhḗn)
- λεσχηνεία (leskhēneía)
- λεσχηνευτής (leskhēneutḗs)
- λεσχηνεύω (leskhēneúō)
- λεσχηνίτης (leskhēnítēs)
- λεσχηνόριος (leskhēnórios)
- λεσχηνώτης (leskhēnṓtēs)
- λεσχολογία (leskhología)
- λεσχώδης (leskhṓdēs)
- πρόλεσχος (próleskhos)
Descendants
[edit]- → Greek: λέσχη (léschi) (learned)
References
[edit]- ^ λέσχη - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
- ^ Brown, John Pairman (1995) Israel and Hellas (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 231), volume I, Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, page 141
Further reading
[edit]- “λέσχη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “λέσχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λέσχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λέσχη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέσχη (léskhē) in sense "public building as meeting place".[1] Cognate words with stems λεχ-, λοχ-:[2] see: λεχώνα (lechóna), λοχεία (locheía), λόχος (lóchos), and λόχμη (lóchmi).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]λέσχη • (léschi) f (plural λέσχες)
- club (association of members)
- φοιτητική λέσχη ― foititikí léschi ― (university)-students' club
- Παρακολουθώ στην τηλεόραση τη «Λέσχη του βιβλίου».
- Parakolouthó stin tileórasi ti «Léschi tou vivlíou».
- I watch on TV [the programme] "Book Club".[1]
- gambling club
Declension
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- κλαμπ n (klamp)
Derived terms
[edit]- αερολέσχη f (aeroléschi, “flying club”)
Related terms
[edit]- αδολεσχία f (adoleschía, “idle talk, chattering”)
References
[edit]- ^ λέσχη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ λέσχη, λεχώνα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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